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Need help setting up Portable Library for an external HD
tangolovers:
Thank you Roderick!! You're a gem... always to the rescue! You & Matt have been amazing!
I will try what you've recommended and report back.
tangolovers:
FYI Roderick... something weird with the Quotes in your last reply...
The 3rd quote in your previous reply was:
Quote from: HaWi on Today at 04:03:48 pm
"If Yes, what would my new Portable Library Rule look like?"
But this is actually a quote from my reply #55 at 2:50pm. It's probably just a hiccup in the system or us typing at the same time...no biggie :D
RoderickGI:
Just my blunder in editing the quotes into chunks. ;D
I was writing the response before you reiterated your need for advice.
HaWi:
--- Quote from: RoderickGI on July 28, 2020, 05:03:06 pm ---No, no, no. Leave the Base Path alone. Using that will mean that you need to set up the rule for the path, and potentially move files. Uncheck all checkboxes other than the "Find & Replace" checkbox.
Just use the Find & Replace function in RM&CF, and the "Update database to point to new location (no file rename, move, or copy)" option, rather than actually renaming or moving the files. That is the fastest and best option when actually changing the location in the Library where MC will look for media files.
--- End quote ---
What I was trying to point out is that when one actually wants to rename the physical file (and I do that all the time to synchronize the library with the physical files) then the Base Path has to to point to the actual media location. The portable library rule will not replace the path for physically renaming files.
While on the subject of portable rules, I found that if I generate a portable rule in a library and then load another library, the portable rule I generated before is now also in the newly opened library. Is that a bug?
RoderickGI:
--- Quote from: HaWi on July 29, 2020, 10:22:32 am ---While on the subject of portable rules, I found that if I generate a portable rule in a library and then load another library, the portable rule I generated before is now also in the newly opened library. Is that a bug?
--- End quote ---
It seems that the portable rule is saved to the installation, and not the Library. I didn't know that. That makes a lot of sense, and dismisses my concerns of Reply #58.
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